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Ruth 3:16

Listen to Ruth 3:16
16 Puis Ruth revint chez sa belle-mère, qui lui dit: Qui es-tu, ma fille? Et elle lui déclara tout ce que cet homme avait fait pour elle.

Ruth 3:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 3:16

And when she came to her mother in law
To Naomi, in Bethlehem:

she said, who art thou, my daughter?
it being near dusk, she could not discern her, or perhaps she put the question before she opened the door and saw her; though one would think, if Ruth had called to her, she would have known her voice: rather therefore the particle may be rendered, "what" or "how" F3, instead of "who"; and the sense be, what had befallen her? what success had she had? how had things gone with her? was she married or not? or rather, had she got a promise of it? or was it likely that she should be married? with which the answer agrees:

and she told her all that the man had done to her;
what kindness he had shown her, what promises he had made to her, that either he, or a nearer kinsman, would marry her, and redeem her husband's estate.


FOOTNOTES:

F3 (ta ym) "quid egisti?" V. L. "quid tibi?" Tigurine version; so R. Jonah in Aben Ezra, & Abendana in loc. "quomodo tu filia mea?" Nold. p. 602. No. 1626.
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Ruth 3:16 In-Context

14 Elle demeura donc couchée à ses pieds, jusqu'au matin; et elle se leva avant qu'on pût se reconnaître l'un l'autre. Et Booz dit: Qu'on ne sache pas qu'une femme est entrée dans l'aire.
15 Il lui dit encore: Donne-moi le manteau qui est sur toi, et tiens-le. Et elle le tint, et il mesura six mesures d'orge, qu'il chargea sur elle; puis il rentra dans la ville.
16 Puis Ruth revint chez sa belle-mère, qui lui dit: Qui es-tu, ma fille? Et elle lui déclara tout ce que cet homme avait fait pour elle.
17 Et elle dit: Il m'a donné ces six mesures d'orge; car il m'a dit: Tu ne retourneras point à vide auprès de ta belle-mère.
18 Et Naomi dit: Ma fille, reste ici jusqu'à ce que tu saches comment la chose tournera; car cet homme ne se donnera point de repos qu'il n'ait aujourd'hui achevé cette affaire.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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